Round 1
Moraga works outward from the center, flicking out leg kicks while
Gomez shoots jabs over the top. Moraga gets his hands going to the
body now and Gomez tries some leg kicks. The flyweights clinch up
and Moraga drills a knee to Gomez’s gut before exiting with a leg
kick. When they disengage, Gomez is cut along the hairline, with
blood leaking down into his right eye. Moraga is cut as well, but
he keeps the speedy punches coming, countering Gomez’s leg kicks
while mixing in kicks to the body. Gomez grabs hold of a kick and
puts Moraga on the fence, but can’t finish the takedown. A cracking
left hook lands for Moraga as he stands out of range from Gomez.
They clinch again and Moraga lands a big elbow, followed by a
vicious, right-handed uppercut which buckles Gomez’s legs. Moraga
follows Gomez to the ground, but the extra punishment is
unnecessary, as referee Herb Dean is already on the way in. John
Moraga gets the knockout victory in his UFC debut at 3:46 of the
first round.

Round 1
Omigawa takes the outside while Gamburyan stalks from the center of
the cage, loading up his right hand. Gamburyan lands a flying knee
which Omigawa shakes off. Omigawa steps to the center and puts a
left hand on Gamburyan’s chin, and the Californian drops to the
ground. Gamburyan pops right back up and now he comes forward
swinging wild right hands, one of which catches the circling
Omigawa. Midway through the opening round now and it’s still terse
exchanges from the featherweights. Omigawa is finding a home for
his left and stepping out of range of Gamburyan’s offense.
Gamburyan lands a wide right behind Omigawa’s ear, sticks a left in
his face as the Japanese fighter comes forward. A left hand to the
body lands for Omigawa; he throws one to the head, but instead
connects with his forearm on Gamburyan’s face. Gamburyan tries to
grab hold of a single-leg, but Omigawa steps out to finish the
round on the feet.

Round 2
The featherweights exchange right hands early in round two, and
Omigawa follows up with another compact left hook. It’s Gamburyan
on the outside now, with Omigawa walking out from the middle.
Gamburyan shoots for another very low single-leg and Omigawa stands
him up again, this time framing up a choke. Omigawa lets the choke
go and Gamburyan works on the leg for a minute, finally dragging
Omigawa down along the fence. Omigawa stands up immediately;
Gamburyan slams him back down, and Omigawa stands again. Another
slam midway through the round puts Omigawa on the mat away from the
fence, and Gamburyan attaches himself to the Japanese fighter’s
back without hesitation. Gamburyan loses a hook as he works for a
rear-naked choke, and Omigawa is able to put his back on the ground
before working back to his feet with the help of the cage. They
disengage while swinging and Gamburyan comes away pawing at his
right eye. A jab from Gamburyan is the only real offense in the
last 30 seconds of the round.

Round 3
Omigawa comes out swinging, backing up Gamburyan at first, but a
right high kick from Gamburyan changes the momentum with one swing.
Gamburyan tries to chase Omigawa with punches, but Omigawa stays
alive, though he’s visibly dazed. Another head kick connects, but
40 seconds into the round, Omigawa seems to have cleared the
cobwebs. Perhaps sensing that Gamburyan expended too much energy
with the assault, Omigawa walks right into the pocket, swatting at
Gamburyan’s head with short punching combinations. Gamburyan lands
a hard left on the chin, but Omigawa just stands in front of him
and continues peppering with punches. Gamburyan drops levels for a
double-leg, can’t get it at first but finishes on the second
effort. Omigawa hops back up instantly and tries to roll Gamburyan
with an arm-in guillotine. The choke is loose and Gamburyan pops
his head out, then slams Omigawa back down when he scrambles up.
Omigawa gets up again and Gamburyan hits another slam with a minute
to go. Omigawa gets back up and tries a guillotine on the kneeling
Gamburyan, but it’s not there.

Round 1
Thompson charges in to press De Fries into the fence and gets
tagged with a right cross on the way. De Fries turns his countryman
around and they work slowly along the perimeter. The only offense
comes from sporadic knees and punches from De Fries; it’s not
enough for ref John McCarthy, who breaks them up two minutes in.
They clinch up again shortly after the break, but the pace doesn’t
pick up. The big men reverse positions a few times before being
split up again. Each heavyweight lands a punch before they tie up
again and close out the frame on the fence, much to the displeasure
of the Los Angeles crowd.

Round 2
De Fries comes forward with punches, not clinching this time, and
pops his man as Thompson tries to step in with a knee. A few
seconds later, a straight right hand sends Thompson to the canvas
and De Fries pounces to attempt a finish. Thompson turtles up and
recovers, scrambling back to his feet, where he’s pushed into the
cage again. De Fries does a little work inside before stepping out,
punching Thompson again and landing a knee. They clinch up and
Thompson trips to the ground as he tries to exit. De Fries gets on
Thompson’s back but can’t sink his hooks, instead opting to soften
Thompson up with punches. Finally, De Fries puts his hooks in, and
seconds later, he coaxes a tap with a rear-naked choke. This one
comes to an end at 4:16 of the second round.

Round 1
Yahya waits 40 seconds before shooting for a leg, and Grispi gives
him a knee for his trouble before stuffing the shot. Yahya grabs
hold of the next knee from Grispi and hustles the American to the
floor. Grispi wraps up the BJJ ace in his guard, thinking kimura
but soon letting go, which allows Yahya to move to side control.
Grispi puts him back in guard, but Yahya instantly passes again,
the walks around to north-south position. Grispi is stuck in a
north-south choke, but he keeps trying to extract himself, using
his legs to circle counter-clockwise. The choke is too deep,
however, and Grispi has no choice but to tap out at 3:15 of the
first frame.

Round 1
Prado slings some long, range-finding punches while Davis waits on
the outside. Neither man lands anything significant in the first
minute, but soon after, Prado clips Davis with a winging right
hand. Seconds later, Prado catches a finger in his right eye and
backs away, grimacing in pain. The Brazilian is bleeding from the
inside corner of his eye as the cageside physician comes in to
check on him. The doc almost instantly tells referee Luis Cobian to
wave the fight off, and this one is over. Prado is distraught with
the call, screaming in Portuguese and gesturing to indicate that he
can continue, but it’s too late. The fight is declared a no-contest
due to the accidental eye poke.

Round 1
Miller opens up with a front kick, flashing a lanky leg right up
the middle to keep Phan at bay. Phan works outward from the middle
of the cage, trying to get into range while Miller continues to
circle clockwise and keep his distance. Miller punches to the body
and just misses with a roundhouse up top. They meet in the center
and Phan continues to try and connect with the ATT product’s body;
a few body shots have gotten through, but he hasn’t found his range
yet. Phan lands a left hook, then another. Another hard left hand
finds Miller’s chin and the taller fighter is retreating now. Right
hand from Phan and Miller backs him off with a right kick to the
body. Phan gets in the pocket and lights up Miller with a body-head
combo against the fence. Miller backs Phan away with some long
right hands, but Phan gets back inside in the closing seconds and
attacks with some more hard combos.

Round 2
Miller looks to give Phan a taste of his own medicine early in the
second round, as he swings hard punches to the body and leg kicks.
Phan’s combination punching is still looking stronger, however, as
the smaller man repeatedly attacks Miller’s breadbasket and sticks
hard right hands on his face. They trade stiff lefts on two
occasions in the middle of the round, then Miller backs Phan off
with a front kick and a pair of jabs. Phan lands his go-to left
hook to the body as he backs Miller into the fence, then comes over
the top with a right. Miller is getting off some hard right
straights but Phan keeps coming forward, slugging the taller man
with a right over the top and a left hook to the cheek seconds
later. Another left from Phan is answered by a Miller superman
punch in the closing seconds.

Round 3
Phan comes out aggressive in round three and a right hand-left hook
combo has Miller backing up. Phan smells blood and puts another
combo on Miller, who just ducks the head kick behind it. Another
right hand from Phan, then a left hook, and now Miller is looking
to shoot. Phan turns him away and attacks with a nasty left hand to
the body, then backs away from Miller’s tired swipes. Phan is
looking much fresher down the stretch, keeping busy with his combos
and avoiding most of Miller’s counters. After taking four or five
hard body blows, Miller uncorks a left hand. Miller is starting to
string together punches now, landing wide hooks on the smaller man,
but a flying knee attempt comes up short. Phan sticks his left in
Miller’s face, and Miller closes out the fight with kicks to the
body. Miller raises Phan’s hand at the bell, and Phan raises
Miller’s. This will be a close one.

Round 1
Swick puts Johnson in danger just 15 seconds in with a right hand.
The pair ties up and Johnson responds with a close-quarters elbow
before disengaging. Johnson lands a right hand of his own now, then
shoves Swick to the ground when the “Quick” one tries to clinch up.
Swick has full guard with his back to the fence, and he scrambles
to his feet after absorbing some heavy blows from Johnson on top.
As soon as he gets to his feet, Swick is swinging, rocking Johnson
again as they throw hands along the cage. Johnson slows the pace
with a tie-up and trips Swick, who’s bleeding from his nose.
Johnson takes full mount at the base of the fence and Swick rolls
onto his right side as Johnson drops punches and elbows. Johnson
tries to snare Swick in a rear-naked choke as he twists around, but
he can’t get it. Swick is turned on his left side now and Johnson
tries a brabo choke, but this one doesn’t go either. Swick pops his
head out and he’s cut beneath his left eye, but he survives to hear
the horn.

Round 2
It’s Johnson pressing the action through the first minute of round
two, keeping Swick on his back foot, though neither of the
welterweights is scoring with any major offense. Swick catches a
kick from Johnson and shoves him to the ground, landing a right
hand as they hit the canvas. The first punch puts Johnson out cold,
but Swick seals the deal with two more as ref Herb Dean is rushing
in to stop the action. Mike Swick returns with a sudden and brutal
knockout at 1:20 of the second round.

Round 1
Lauzon takes the middle while Varner goes to the outside to begin,
both lightweights in the orthodox stance. Varner just misses with a
hard right hook, connects with a left to the body seconds later.
Body kick from Varner, then one to the legs, and a right hand sends
Lauzon stumbling. Lauzon quickly regains his composure and keeps
coming forward, wraps Varner up and drills the former WEC champ
with a knee up the middle. Already breathing hard midway through
the first frame, Varner misses with a jump knee and whiffs on the
elbows behind it. Varner just grazes Lauzon’s face with a left hook
and right cross; Lauzon covers up under fire and takes a ripping
shot to the body. Lauzon scores with a pair of clean right hands,
but a left behind the ear sends “J-Lau” to the floor. Varner goes
down to his guard and Lauzon tries a straight armbar, can’t get it.
Lauzon gets to his knees and absorbs a few knees to the body, and
that’s where the round ends.

Round 2
Varner goes to some outside leg kicks to begin round two; he steps
in with a four-piece punching combo, but Lauzon sees it coming and
covers up. Lauzon puts up his guard again as Varner probes with
jabs and straight punches. Varner scores with a punch to the body,
a knee up the middle and a short elbow inside. He wraps Lauzon’s
waist and tries to trip him down, but Lauzon stays up. Lauzon
pushes Varner into the fence and Varner willingly falls to his back
with a guillotine locked up. Lauzon has good posture to pop his
head out, though, and he hops onto Varner’s back in one motion.
Varner stands and shakes off Lauzon, then goes back to slugging
while Lauzon covers up. Good one-two to the body from Varner, and
now Lauzon storms forward, hustling Varner to the floor and pinning
down his left arm. Lauzon gets off a few punches before Varner
flips over and gets to his knees, then stands back up with Lauzon
still shoving him into the cage. Lauzon drags Varner to the floor
again and takes back mount, this time sinking in his hooks to
control the back. Varner slips out the back door just before the
horn and drops a couple elbows.

Round 3
Lauzon and Varner hug to begin the final frame, but ref Luis Cobian
realizes soon after the start of the round that Varner’s mouthpiece
isn’t in. The corner fixes this and the lightweights get back to
work. Varner double-legs Lauzon to the floor one minute into the
round and works from half-guard for 20 seconds until Lauzon sweeps
his way free. Varner throws a combo and Lauzon covers up. Lauzon
comes forward and Varner backs him off with a right. Though tired,
Varner is still firing hard shots inside, punches and elbows,
though none are scoring very effectively with Lauzon covering.
Varner hits another takedown, but Lauzon flips him over the top
with underhooks and cinches up a triangle choke. Varner resists for
a moment while Lauzon elbows from the bottom. Lauzon tightens the
choke and Varner has nowhere to go. Joe Lauzon gets the submission
win at 2:44 of the third round in a real thriller.

Round 1
Bader keeps his distance in the opening minute from the former
champ, who front-kicks at the wrestler’s legs from the southpaw
stance. Machida easily sidesteps some wild right hands from Bader,
who takes a loud, slapping kick to the body. Machida twice catches
Bader on his way in, cutting off the American with knees up the
middle. A cracking right hand from Machida puts Bader off-kilter;
the sequence repeats the next time Bader tries to rush inside.
Bader gets underhooks in the middle of the cage and ties up
briefly, but separates just as quickly. Machida finishes the first
frame with a front kick to the guts and a one-two combo.

Round 2
More of the same as the second frame begins, with Bader still
unable to close the distance on Machida, who keeps the wrestler at
range with speedy counterpunching and kicks. One attempt from Bader
to rush inside gives Machida the opportunity he needs: a short
right hand sends Bader toward the ground, and two follow-up punches
from Machida turn out the lights. Lyoto Machida scores the knockout
at 1:32 of the second round.

Round 1
Vera gets the offense going early with a pair of stiff body kicks,
but Rua quickly wraps him up and drags the American to the ground.
Rua flattens Vera and works from half-guard, attempting to pass to
Vera’s right. A sneaky left hand on the ground makes Vera cover up
as he defends the pass. Vera is doing well to maintain half-guard,
but Rua advances to side control at the two-minute mark. He catches
Vera trying to scramble up and grabs a loose guillotine. Rua lets
the choke go and drops a few elbows as the light heavyweights get
back to their feet. Rua drops for a single-leg and gets snared in a
guillotine. This one looks tight, but Shogun extracts his head
after some huffing and puffing, winding up in Vera’s closed guard.
A few hard left hands from Rua have Vera covering up again, trying
to close the distance and negate the offense. Rua passes to side
control on the right again, this time in the middle of the cage. He
takes Vera’s back and spends the last 40 seconds trying to soften
him up for the rear-naked choke.

Round 2
Rua blasts Vera with some hard left hands to open the round, then a
right hand backs Vera into the cage. Rua is unloading, just
blasting Vera with hooks and knees in the clinch, but Vera is
hanging in there. Vera lands an elbow of his own, comes off the
cage and socks Rua with a left hook. A good right hook and a body
kick score for Vera, followed by a kick to the thigh. Vera looked
out of this fight moments ago, but now he’s putting hands on Shogun
in the pocket. A right hook from Shogun dazes Vera, though, and Rua
grabs a front headlock to throw knees, then drags Vera to the
floor. Vera is on his knees, bleeding from beneath his left eye as
Rua tries to take his back. A right hand behind the ear appears to
stagger Rua, but he quickly recovers. Vera gets a bodylock and
brings Rua to the ground at the base of the fence. Both men look
wiped and Vera is unable to mount or land any major strikes before
the horn.

Round 3
Shogun quickly closes the gap and puts Vera on the fence, where the
Brazilian throws knees to Vera’s thighs while the American throws
them up the middle. Both 205’ers look exhausted, but Rua is still
mustering some hard leg kicks. He puts Vera on the cage again and
brings him down to his knees, where Rua first thinks choke, then
stands and delivers some hard punches. Vera gets some space to
stand and kicks back, but Rua hits another takedown in the middle
of the Octagon. Rua nearly gets mount, but Vera keeps him in check
with a deep half-guard, so Shogun instead grinds with elbows on
top.

Round 4
Back to clinching and hand-fighting on the fence, with both men
throwing tired knees inside. Rua’s knees are scoring better, and
Vera is unable to do much damage when he grabs the Thai plum. Vera
cracks Rua with a pair of level elbows, but Rua gives him some
damage right back with an uppercut. Rua’s just grinding Vera into
the fence now as the crowd begins to boo. Left hook, right hook,
one-two from Shogun and Vera hits the deck, belly-down. Rua follows
him down and drops another pair of hard right hands on his
exhausted opponent, and that’s a wrap. Herb Dean steps in to wave
this one off, giving Mauricio Rua the TKO win at 4:09 of the fourth
round.